SEMINAR TOPIC: HR ISSUES TO BE AWARE OF AS A START-UPInevitably, you will need the services and/or skill sets of other people to get your business running. When you start to add people to your lean start-up, the initial question will be whether or not each person will be an employee or independent contractor. This seminar will help you understand the pros and cons of each type of relationship, and the legal risks in one vs. the other.

If you employ even one employee, there are HR legal compliance issues you will need to address. This seminar will also discuss the HR issues that are most important as you begin to add employees, such as:

Your obligations under wage laws and employment verification laws

Approaching incentive compensation

Protecting your confidential information and trade secrets.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone thinking about starting a company

Anyone currently launching their start-up or a new product and in need of guidance

Students, faculty, and staff

Seasoned business leaders who would like to meet the next generation of business leaders

The entire NH community interested in supporting, promoting, and encouraging new companies to start and stay in NH

The seminar will be followed by beer and networking from 5:00 - 7:00pm in the same room. Attendees must be 21+ to partake.

The official Twitter hashtag for this event is #UNHICatalyst.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTER:

Andrea Chatfield, is Of Counsel at Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, pllc, where she provides practical advice and guidance to employers on risk management issues in the workplace. This includes both day-to-day personnel decisions that can have a high degree of liability if not done carefully, and high level policy-making decisions, such as developing employee handbooks, executive employment agreements, non-competition agreements, social media policies, and other organizational protocols. Andrea has successfully represented employers of all types and sizes before administrative agencies in discrimination, whistleblower, unemployment, and wage disputes.Andrea also serves as an outside investigator for employers who need to respond to highly sensitive internal complaints of discrimination and harassment. In addition, Andrea develops and conducts in-house trainings for businesses and other employers in such matters as preventing workplace harassment and how to manage within the law. She is frequently a public speaker on employment law topics.Andrea is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of New Hampshire’s leading employment law attorneys. Among her community service roles, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Manchester Area Human Resources Association.

EVENT LOCATION:

The Catalyst Seminars are held at the abiHUB (Formally the NH Innovation and Commercialization Center)at 9 Madbury Road (4th floor) located at the corner of Madbury Road and Pettee Brook Lane in Durham.

Attendees may park along Madbury Road, Pettee Brook Lane, and Main Street for $1/hour. Parking rules are enforced until 6pm.

The Catalyst Seminar Series, hosted monthly during the academic year, discusses relevant issues related to commercializing UNH’s innovations, including current and emerging best practices on campus.

The seminars are open to all and designed to be a meeting place for innovators, entrepreneurs, service providers, and anyone else interested in how the university innovations of today represent the information and opportunities of tomorrow.

This year's theme is Lean Start-up Business Tactics. Each month we'll tackle a major topic relating to starting and executing your business with Lean Start-up principals, led by local experts who teach from their experience. There has never been a better time to start a business so this year bring your ideas to the Innovation Catalyst Seminar and start something!

When & Where

abiHUB
9 Madbury Road
4th Floor
Durham,
NH 03824

Thursday, March 27, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)

Organizer

UNHInnovation

UNHInnovation advocates for, manages, and promotes UNH's intellectual property; promotes partnerships between UNH and the business community; and is responsible for licensing UNH technologies and creating start-up companies based on innovations created at UNH. UNHInnovation also hosts the InterOperability Laboratory and the NH Innovation Research Center.